GLEN BERGER AND PIGPEN THEATRE COMPANYTO PRESENT TALES FROM THE FAUCET & OTHER STORIES:AN EVENING OF ORIGINAL MATERIALAND A SPECIAL ENCORE CONCERT OF “GONE MISSING” BY THE CIVILIANS

THE MUSICAL STORYTELLING BEGINS JUNE 13th

New York, NY – (May 25, 2011) Producers Scott Morfee, Jean Doumanian and Tom Wirtshafter have announced the debut of Sounds of Summer, a musical storytelling celebration by acclaimed composers Todd Almond, Michael Friedman, Josh Schmidt and Kenny Vance. In addition, Glen Berger (SPIDER-MAN Turn Off the Dark) and PigPen Theatre Company will collaborate on an evening of new material andOff-Broadway’s The Civilians will present a concert version of the their hit musical, Gone Missing.

The music begins Monday, June 13th with Kenny Vance and The Planotones at 7:30 p.m. with subsequent performances onMonday evenings beginning at 8:00 p.m. at the Barrow Street Theatre (27 Barrow Street).

2011 Sounds of Summer Lineup:

Monday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m.Up Close and Personal: An Evening with Kenny Vance and the Planotones an evening of song and stories Running time is 2 hours with intermission.

Kenny Vance and the Planotones offer their audience an invitation into their "basement" rehearsal studio for an intimate evening of song and stories spanning Vance's varied and accomplished 50-year career, and the music that has been its unique soundtrack. It is a story only Vance and The Planotones can tell, with a historical perspective framed by a multi-faceted career that began on the Brooklyn street corners, and rose through Jay and the Americans, the Brill Building, his stint as musical director for “Saturday Night Live,” and numerous music-driven film classics like Animal House, Eddie and The Cruisers, Hairspray, and the movie in which The Planotones were "born," American Hot Wax. After a short intermission, as an added treat, the audience is able to interact with Vance during a warm and informative “Question and Answer” session followed by a Kenny Vance and The Planotones concert.

All tickets for Up Close and Personal: An Evening with Kenny Vance and the Planotones are priced $35.00.

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Monday, June 20 at 8:00 p.m. Todd Almond: Wyoming and Parts of Kansas A concert of new music Running time is 85 minutes

Todd Almond's Wyoming and Parts of Kansas is a travelogue-in-song inspired by the songwriter's journey across the American plains. With his band and special guests, Wyoming and Parts of Kansas is told with Almond's singular blend of humor and plaintiveness.

"Almond's brilliant lyrics and music are reminiscent of Hoagy Carmichael's songs,

with their bemused and fragmented stylings."

- New York Times

About last season's On the Levee:

"Delicate and blunt, drawing oblique energy from classical past shows-most notably Show Boat and Caroline, or Change-while forcing a space for itself...Todd Almond's exemplary score is framed as existing blues songs and spirituals that the characters know."

- Time Out New York

All tickets for Todd Almond's Wyoming and Parts of Kansasare priced $25.00.

All tickets for An Evening of Music by Joshua Schmidtare priced $25.00.

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Monday July 18 at 8:00 p.m.Tales from the Faucet & Other Stories: An Evening with Glen Berger Featuring original music by PigPen Theatre Company Directed by Michael Page Running time is 75 minutes

Join BST for an evening of stories by Glen Berger, featuring original music by PigPen Theatre Company. The evening will be presented by an ensemble of performers, including cast members of Broadway's SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark.

All tickets for Tales from the Faucet & Other Stories: An Evening with Glen Berger are priced $25.00.

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Monday, July 25 at 8:00 p.m. ENCORE PERFORMANCETodd Almond:Wyoming and Parts of Kansas A concert of new music

All tickets for Todd Almond: Wyoming and Parts of Kansasare priced $25.00.

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Monday August 8 at 8:00 p.m.The Civilians in Concert: GONE MISSING Directed & Written by Steven Cosson, from interviews by the company Music & Lyrics by Michael Friedman Running time is 75 minutes

Barrow Street Theatre is proud to present a concert performance of The Civilians in Gone Missing, a wry and whimsical musical documentary, crafted from company interviews with real-life New Yorkers about things gone missing, from keys cell phones to dogs and friends…even sanity! BST produced, with The Civilians, the critically acclaimed commercial Off-Broadway production of Gone Missing that ran for 7 months in 2007. Directed and written by Steven Cosson with music by award-winning composer Michael Friedman, The Civilians portray more than thirty characters in their signature storytelling cabaret style.

Barrow Street Theatre is located at 27 Barrow Street at 7th Avenue South in the heart of Greenwich Village. Nearby subway stops are the 1 at Christopher Street (walk 1 block South on 7th Avenue to Barrow) and the A, C, E, B, D, F and M at West 4th (walk West on 4th Street, left on Barrow).